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16-12-2002
I just had to share these little
snippets with you. See, as I went to check up on my e-mail today,
browsing through my junk mail folder for anything that wasn't supposed
to be there, one e-mail caught my eye. This e-mail, sent by one
COL. VICTOR ALOMA said it was URGENT in the subject line. And it
was. At least, it would've been if I had been bashed over the head
with a spiked bat the past eighteen years and had lost all of my
brain cells except for those needed to control drooling over myself
while making low, guttural noises.
But you shouldn't look upon this gem I hold here in that perspective:
instead, you should see it as the best unintended joke ever. It's
just like your favorite B-movies: it's so bad it's brilliant. Taking
out any segments would be to compromise the genius of the mail.
So I'll post it here in full:
SEEKING FOR IMMEDIATE
ASSISTANCE
(TRANSFER OF US$15.5MILLION)
It is my pleasure
to request your assistance on this business proposition which
if pursued to its conclusion ,will be of immense benefit to both
of us. This
request may seem strange but I will crave your indulgence and pray
that you view
it seriously. My name is Col. Victor Aloma of the Democratic Republic
of Congo I
am one of close aids to the formal president of Congo Democratic
LAURENT KABILA
of blessed memory, may his soul rest in peace.
For the military
of LAURENT KABILA to force out the rebles in my country, I was
instructed by him (late president Kabila) to go to the Europe to
purchase ARMS
AND AMMUNIATION worth us$15.5(fifteen million Five Hundred Thousand
us Dollars)
to fight the reble groups. But when it became ap! parent that president
Kabila has been killed in a bloody shoot out by one of his aids.
I immediately
decided to divert the fund ( US$15.5) into a private security company
for safe
keeping. The money is presently in Holland (The Netherlands) where
I am
currently in exile after the death of president Kabila.
I need a reliable
and trust worthy foreign partner/national who can assist me to
clear and move this money as the beneficiary from the security company.
Though we have not
seen nor met each other, but I would want this transaction to
be properly handled with modesty and honesty to a huge success within
two weeks,
this money in question is state fund as it is a deal between you
and I, hence
the need for secrecy considering the security implications.
Thus, if you are willing to assist me to move this fund out of the
Netherlands,
you can contact me onthe above email addres to enable us discuss
more about the
deal and what your percentage will be for assisting me.
Please note that
you will be required to make a brief trip to the Netherlands
for inspection of the fund. I also intend to visit your country
soonest in order
to inquire areas of possible business investment.
I shall be sincerely
glad if my request is rendered.
Kindest Regards,
COL. Victor Aloma
I don't know what I should be thinking
of this. A part of me wants to shake my head in silent disapproval
of the lack of trust shown in mankind's intelligence level. I know
humans are retarded these days, but this stupid?
Another part of me says yes, the mere existence of this e-mail shows
that people are that stupid. I mean, if someone was stupid
enough to come up with this stuff, then there will be people stupid
enough to buy it.
But then, as I resumed scrolling
through my junk mail, I came upon another mail which just made me
sigh in desperation. No question about it: people really are
that stupid.
UNITED NATION ASYLUM
CAMP
DANANY VILLA
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE.
Dear Beloved,
I am MRS CECILIA
KAMARA the wife of late former
Director of Finance, Dr CISSE KAMARA, Sierra-Leone
diamond and mining corporation. I must confess my
agitation is real,and my words is my bond, in this
proposal. My late husband diverted this money meant for purchase
of
ammunition, for my country, during peak of disastrous civil war
in my
country, now he has deposited the oney in a bank Abidjan, where
I am
residing under political asylum with my son CULTIS KAMARA.
Now the war in the
my country is over with the help of
ECOMOG soldiers, the present government of Sierra-Leone has revoked
the
passport of all officers who served under the former regime and
now ask
Countries to expel such person at the same time freeze their account
and confiscate their asset, it is on this note that I am contacting
you,all I needed from you is to furnish me with your bank
particulars:
1)Account name
2)Account number
3)Bank address, telephone and fax number for you to
assist me transfer this money in your private bank
account, the said amount is $13.000.000.00M (Thirteen
million us dollars).
I am willing to compensate
you with 15% of the total
amount,now all my hope is banked on you and I really
wants to invest this money in your country, were there
is stability of Government, political and economic
welfare.
Honestly I want you
to believe that, this transaction
is real and never a joke. My late husband Dr CISSE
KAMARA gave me the photocopier of the Certificate of
Deposit issued to him by the bank on the date of
deposit, for you to be clarify because, I do not
expose my self to anybody I see, I believed that you
will be able to keep this transaction secret for me
because this money is the hope of my life, it is
important.
Please contact me
immediately you have gone through my
massage fill free and make it urgent. That is the
reason why I offered you 15% of the total amount, and
in case of any other necessary expenses you might
incur during this transaction.
NB: try and negotiate
for me some profitable blue chip
investment opportunities which is risk free which I
can invest this money when it is transferred to your
account personally I am interested in estate
management and hotel business, please advice me.
contact me back immediately
you receive this message
for more explanation. Promise me and my son to be a
father to us considering our situation and not to
betray us.
Thanks and God bless
Best Regard
CECILIA KAMARA(MRS).
Do I even have to point out the
ridiculous stupidity of this? I mean, are they even trying anymore?
For a second I had almost thought that spammers where finally getting
a bit creative, but I should've known better. What were they thinking?
That if I didn't buy into the first mail, this one might change
my mind?
But I'm giving these people way
too much credit here. As if they ever think.
30-11-2002
Holy Shit! An update!
Yeah, I was in the middle of torturing
myself in the most horrendously painful manners possible when I
thought: "Hey, why don't I just start typing until I want to
twist my own arm off?" So, here I am. Missed me?
I know some people will be surprised
with this update, most prominently me when I wake up in the morning.
I don't know, it just feels like one of those things you do in a
streak of uncontrolled stupidity crossing that oh so fine line between
"fun" and "severe brain damage". Am I becoming
too vague for you?
I've really been an idiot, spending
so much time behind my pc in my ultimately lazy, ergonomically incorrect
slouch. So now every time I spend more than 5 minutes even looking
in the general direction of my pc, I want to bite my own arms off.
RSI sucks, but it keeps me away from the computer. I guess that's
a good thing. I guess.
A lot has happened since the last
update, so I'm not even going to try catching up. What I'm doing
right now is listening to the amazing solo debut album of El Da
Sensei, one of the best hiphop CDs I've heard in a while. It kinda
makes me think of Liquid Swords if it had been done by J-Live. Sorry,
I'm not really clear today.
Also I've quitted school and have
now joined a resistance group battling the evil and corrupted government.
Well, not the entire government; just the Ministry of Transportation.
At least, if there is such a thing. Otherwise I've just wasted my
last four months. Anyways, I've joined this group because I believe
humanity is just not ready for transportation yet. I mean, do you
really want to be "beamed up" by some guy named Scotty
who you never even met? Do you think you can handle the mental stress
of watching your lower body just DISAPPEAR? Do you?
Or was that teleportation? Dammit.
In my spare time I've been busy
keeping cans and balls airborne using only my feet. I've been doing
this in a cluster of people, usually three or four other, likeminded
individuals. This thing has grown and spread rapidly, proving to
be as contagious and dangerous as the ebola virus or at least the
flu. But now it has grown beyond mere entertainment, entering the
dreaded realm of addiction. Whenever I see a can lying around now,
I can't think about anything else but kicking it with the sole intention
of keeping it in the air as long as possible. Again, I'm being very
vague, but at least one of you knows what I'm talking about. I hope.
So, does this mean more updates
in the future? No comment.
Sorry to have started this post
with "an update!" while there is nothing to really update.
No new Comics, Movie reviews or Art on my behalf.***EMERGENCY
UPDATE: We interrupt this stream of nonsense to tell you that yes,
there is an update! FIVE new comics
are there for your viewing pleasue, unless you can't read Dutch.
Anyway, check it out. Back to the planned programme***Anyone
feels like sending me
anything, feel free to do so. I promise that no matter how crappy,
shitty or any other variation on the "poo" idea your review
or art or whatever is, I will post it on my site. I mean, just look
at P-Boys reviews.
See ya in the distant future.
OMEGA
26-10-2002
This is not an update, just an announcement.
See, this buttcrack loving dickhead has removed my forum from the
server. He didn't want to host it anymore for reasons unknown, but
my guess is that he's a fucking gaylord, and our anti-gay comments
hurt his feelings or something. Your guess is as good as mine. Well,
that's R.I.P. to my forum then...and my site as well, I guess. There
might be another update as I still have a shitload of Mr. Ruggegraat
comics lying around, but don't hold your breath.
02-06-2002
Man, that's been a while, eh? Guess
most of you figured that my site was dead by now. Well, it was just
comatose, so you can drop that knife now. Life has meaning once
again.
Why has it been such a long time?
Well, there's been too much stuff going on to write about now, but
in short it was because I got sick, then got lazy, then started
stressing about school and some more laziness. Lately another problem
has arisen though: I've been struck with RSI. Yup, it sucks, and
it hurts typing right now, so this update will be short, but hey,
it's an update.
As you can see, I have this great
new design. Once again, it's thanks to Yvo, so send him money or
something.
This update brings you some movie
reviews (though not the once I promised last time, sorry), some
artwork and one comic. Haven't done shit on my manga yet, so that'll
have to wait till another time.Until then, sign my guestbook or
join my forum. At least sign my damn guestbook, because I'd like
to know if anyone other than the usual 3 visitors visit my site.
OMEGA
02-05-2002
So, Queens day came and went, and
here we are again. How was it? Well, basically, it was fun, but
disappointing.
To those who are not from the Netherlands, Queens day is the ultimate
holiday. It has very little to do with the queen, but all the more
with getting as drunk as possible.
If I would ask you what the best holiday is, most would probably
say new years eve. Well, imagine new years eve lasting all day long,
instead of just the evening, and you have an idea of how queens
day is.
Last year, Queens day kicked so
much ass, it wasn’t even funny anymore. First off, it was great
weather, a crucial element (as we will find out). Second, there
was Eempop, a small festival type thingy where some peeps, including
Emmer Boeman, played some songs and generally had a lot of fun.
Then there was the fact that there were a shitload of people in
little ol’ Eemnes, and most people were drunk before 2 am.
All in all, it was mad fun, everyone enjoyed themselves, new friends
were made, old ones reborn and stuff like that. You can ask anyone
about queens day 2001, and they’ll almost certainly start drooling
instantly.
This year was different however.
The main reason for it was the weather, which was crap. Okay, it
didn’t rain until like 10 am, but it was so clouded you expected
a storm anytime. Also, there was a strong wind all day, making things
chilly. The drunk people rate was much lower than previous years,
but there were less people in Eemnes altogether anyways.
At night, everyone migrated to Laren for the so called “Bea
ball”. This “ball” was nothing more than the town
square being set off with some fences and some DJs playing music.
Very crappy DJs. Playing very, very crappy music. Yeah, it was crap,
how did you guess? It was here that the most exciting event of the
day occurred: a big ass fight. And a real bad ass, 15 vs 3 type
fight. To date, no one knows what the reason for the fighting was.
Most people just joined in to beat someone. Or better said, most
faggots joined in when they saw the people being beaten up were
outnumbered and hitting them a time or two wouldn’t result
in getting beaten themselves. I noticed something very funny that
night: people are idiots. Yeah, we all knew that, but I’m talking
a different type of idiot. See, several minutes after the fight,
everyone in the vicinity started acting as if THEY were the ones
who had just fought, acting all aggressive and stuff. And that while
several moments ago, they ran their asses off to avoid being pulled
into the fight. People are really pathetic, aren’t they?
But it’s not like the day sucked,
it just could have been so much more. We certainly did have fun,
altough there were some boring moments. Next year better, I guess.
And oh yeah, before I forget: the next day and the day after that,
the sun shined and it was great weather. Start hating Holland’s
climate right now.
I’ve been quite busy this week.
Aside from partying every night, I have been busy setting up a new
site: 035 underground. This site is done by me and Hans Hardonk,
aka Hockeysticki, aka MC double H. The site is about the underground
scene of the 035 area. So if you live in the 035 area, check it
out right now! I’ve done the design, so of course it looks
great :P
Also, check out the new and improved
BSK homepage. PulP really did a great job on the new design. Respect
Pulp!
As for the update, we have three
NEW pieces of Art, a new Comic, and...hey, what’s this? No
new movie review? Nope, not this time peeps, but reviews for the
Iron Monkey, Hard Boiled and AKIRA (special edition) DVD’s
are coming. And maybe, the pages for my manga will be done by then.
Until next time.
OMEGA
01-05-2002
Just a little "update":
I've resized the full colour Art
for your viewing pleasure, and changed the text. Tommorow will be
a real update day once again, as Jonne is back, and I intend to
make him work his ass off ;). Also, there will be a report of Queens
Day 2002. Until then, check out 035
Underground. Bye
OMEGA
29-04-2002
Sorry for the lack of updates. The
fact that Jonne didn’t scan anything for me lately and is in
England now, combined with my laziness caused a stagnation in updates.
But as I have Photoshop now, I will be posting coloured versions
of my artwork until Jonne is back.
So, I’ve owned two X-Boxes
in three days last week. How did that happen? Well, thanks to my
incredible bad luck, I ended up with two defective consoles, one
after the other.
See, I needed a DVD player badly, and since the X-Box was cut in
price, I thought it would be a good way to kill two birds with one
stone. So I went out and bought a X-Box, along with a DVD remote.
I want to say something about that before we continue: Microsoft
are money hungry faggots and they’re screwing everyone over.
And everyone and their mother is just taking that shit. First, they
include a DVD playback function in the thing, put a huge price tag
on the console and say “hey, of course we have the make the
price so high, we included DVD playback!”. Seems reasonable,
until you realise that you can’t even use this DVD playback
for which you’ve paid several hundred bucks extra until you
buy a DVD remote for another 50 bucks. Fucking bastards.
Okay, so I bought all that shit and went home. Not that it was that
easy to get that thing home. Seriously, what the hell is in that
console? A nuclear reactor? An elephant? An episode of Jerry Springer?
But I managed to get the huge thing home, unpacked and hooked it
up, only to realise there was no demo disc. No demo disc. Hello,
are you reading this? NO DEMO DISC!!!! Fuck you Microsoft! Are you
surprised that so many games were sold for each console? I mean,
which brilliant fucking genius ever came up the idea of NOT including
a demo disc with the console? It’s the most logical thing to
do! Bastards.
So, I was left with a huge paperweight that just took up a whole
lotta room in my house. Yaay. Fortunately I could borrow a DVD from
a friend of mine, so I tried to watch that. From the beginning,
I noticed that the DVD ran kind of choppy. Like playing a game on
a low frame rate. But I tried to ignore it, thinking it was the
DVD’s fault, not the Xbox’. Until it just froze up, and
I had to hit the power button.
Scene two. The next day, me and my dad went to return the thing
and exchange it for another one. I brought it home, hooked it up,
and popped in another DVD I borrowed from Jonne. After a while I
noticed it STILL ran choppy, so I thought the X-Box just had a shitty
DVD playback function. Until it froze up again. Two defective X-Box
consoles. Nice. But it doesn’t end there.
The next day, Jonne came over to my place to see if there might
be something wrong with the cables or something, but I had already
found out that the thing was defective and was planning on returning
it for cash. But Jonne said “Come on, how big a chance is there
you get THREE defective consoles in a row?”. So, we decided
to take the thing to a store nearby to try and exchange it there.
By bike. With bike, I mean bicycle. And you know how heavy the X-Box
is. And it was raining and there was a strong wind. After the hell
that was our 20 minute drive (I would have done it in 7 minutes
without the box) we finally arrived and walked over to the counter.
Just to hear that they were out of X-Box consoles , and I would
have to go to another town to get one. So I wanted my money back.
That wasn’t an option, the bitch behind the counter told me.
So, I showed a bit of text on my receipt that said “money back
if returned within 14 days”. She showed me the text under it:
“software cannot be returned for money”. I understand
these stored want to help less gifted people by hiring idiots, but
it doesn’t help the customers much. So, all shook up by the
shock, she told me that she had to call “headquarters”,
whatever that may be, to ask if it was okay to give me my cash back.
Twenty minutes later she finally realised that the receipt was real
and I could have my money back. But I’d have to fetch my DVD
remote as well.
So, to make a long story a couple of lines shorter, I did, got my
money back, and now I’m off to buy a real DVD player. Ten to
one says I’ll get a defective one.
As I told ya, one old piece of Art
is now up in full colour, along with a Comic
and a movie review at the Misc
section. I’ll try to be more consistent with updates, but I
don’t think it’ll happen. Tomorrow there won’t be
an update because it’s “queens day”, the one day
in Holland where everyone, young and old, go out on the streets
and get pissed drunk. Suffice to say, I’ve been looking towards
this day for a very long time. You’ll hear about it the next
update...whenever that may be.
OMEGA
23-04-2002
Hey, long time no see! How’s
it been? Whatcha been up to lately? Me, well, just being sick and
missing updates, generally. And missing a week of school. That was
kinda nice.
So, if all goes well, I’ll
have a X-Box tomorrow. I needed a DVD player badly, and the recent
price cut of the X-Box has made the X-Box too good to leave. By
the way, this price cut has caused a snowball effect of sorts, leading
to a price cut for the Gamecube (a price cut before it’s even
released!) to 199 euro’s. That’s about the same amount
in dollars, I guess. This is the best situation ever in the gaming
industry from an economical point of view for the consumer. Three
consoles in full war, and all of them quite affordable! Golden days
for gaming, I reckon. The official OMEGA Forum was one of the first
places on the net to report this, thanks to the watchful eye of
Captain Willy of the Always Online ADSL Squad. Thanks for the scoop
Willy. And a shoutout to Alkaholik for totally making my week :)
I could continue about gaming, but
some are you would probably be like “fuck this gaming crap”.
Thankfully I saw the horror comedy “Idle Hands” on TV
the other day. This movie is the new-school equivalent of the B
Horror movie. Okay, it’s not in the league of Brain Dead or
Evil Dead, but it was certainly one of the better Horror movies
I’ve seen in years. It’s nowhere near scary, but it’s
hella funny and entertaining. The entertainment value is raised
even higher because of Jessica Alba, starring in the best role of
her career. I mean, she’s just born to play the easy, sexy
dimwit chick. But I digress.
I had great luck with seeing this movie . I didn’t know it
was going to be on, until I saw a commercial for it on TV like 15
minutes before it was on. I guess it was predestined to be so....
I finally received my manga back,
so expect to see pages out of it online soon. I will post 5 pages
at a time for a week, after which they’ll be taken down and
the next 5 pages are put online. So if you want to catch all of
it, you'll have to keep an eye on the site. The first pages will
be up Saturday or next Tuesday, it depends on what I'm going to
on Saturday. I don't know how much of the manga I'm going to put
online yet. I'm thinking about all of Chapter One and half of Two.
That would make about 60 pages, so it should keep you busy. I'll
tell more about the manga when I put the first pages online.
Todays update is a modest one: three
pieces of Art, which
aren't of too great quality because they were made in my Economy
class notebook. Also, we have a new Comic
for you, and of course, there's the Forum.
We've already reached 500 posts, so I can say it's quite a succes.
Join in on the fun, and register now!
Until Thursday (I hope).
OMEGA
16-04-02
Forget about the Saturday
updates, it isn’t working. Saturdays I always hang out with
friends all day long, and even when I’m home, Jonne is not
always there to scan stuff for me. So the updates will be on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from now on, and occasionally something on Saturday
when I find the time to do so.
Man, do I ever hate ROM sites. I
mean, just go ahead and try to find one where you can actually DOWNLOAD
a ROM. I tried finding some ROM sites the other day, because I felt
like playing a RPG again. Well, after searching the entire damn
day, I was able to download ONE ROM.
See, most ROM sites don’t have any ROMs at all. They just have
links to other sites, which have a Top 50 ROM sites with links,
which send you to other sites, etc etc. If you do find one that
seems to have ROMs itself, 90% of the time all you’ll find
is a bunch of broken links. The other ten times you either have
to request a ROM by e-mail - and who the fuck is actually going
to do that, right?- or all the ROMs are of crappy games you don’t
want to play anyways.
That’s why I want to create a ROM site which actually works.
Or, a ROM database would be a better word, I think. See, it would
work like this: I make a page and put up some ROMS and emulators,
and ya’ll send me all the ROMs and emu’s you have so I
can post them on the site for others to download. Aside from ROMs
I’ll put on old school pc games like Stunts and Operation Wolf
as well, just for your enjoyment.
Now do bare in mind that I only accept games from 16bit systems
and old arcade boards. NO Dreamcast, Playstation or any other console.
If you have ROMs and/or Emulators to share, please mail
them to me.
A small update today: One piece
of Art (no, not crap),
one Comic and a
movie review by P-Boy.
I want to thank everyone who has
joined my Forum
and made it a success. There have been over 200 posts since the
forum was activated (about a week now), so it’s going quite
well. A special thanks goes out to the Forum Masters: P-Boy, Captain
Willy And Nobi. You make the board go around! Also, a big thanks
to Yvil for making it all possible.
To all of you: stop slacking off and join the best forum
on the net RIGHT NOW!
OMEGA
11-04-2002
So, as you all might have seen,
I have a new spliffy Forum
up right now. It’s nowhere near the piece of crap my old one
was, no, this is a REAL forum. So go there and sign up right now,
and if you don’t feel like signing up, you can just post there
as a guest. Also, promote it to all your friends; I want a big user
base dammit :)
As I’ve been watching a lot
of Lain lately, it hit me how often this subject is touched upon
in movies. Namely the subject of a form of internet where you “upload”
your mind, rather than just type in messages. You’ve seen it
in the Matrix, the Lawnmower Man and Ghost In The Shell by example.
But always the “Losing your body and living on the electronical
highway” is shown as a bad thing. But it doesn’t necessarily
have to be bad. I mean, has anyone ever thought of the geeks? Sure,
to us social people it might seem like a nightmare, losing our bodies,
and thereby a part of our identity, but what about the people who
need to lose their bodies to gain an identity?
See, internet is the best thing that ever happened to geeks. It’s
their world. In real life, they are not accepted, not loved, or
other crap like that. What it comes down to is that they have little
to no friends. Maybe it’s because the way they look, the way
they act, or even the way they smell. So, shunned by society, they
seek shelter on the internet. Of course, all geeks with internet
do so, so they make a lot of friends online. Heck, internet is owned
by geeks! Us normal (err...somewhat normal)people are the outcasts
there. So, if these people have a better life online than in the
real world, why would it be a bad thing if they could lose their
bodies and life on the net? The world would be a better place for
all! Except if some crazy geek tries to take over the world that
is...than we’re really screwed...
The thing is, my parents have been
bitching about me sitting behind the pc too often. At least I still
have a social life...I mean, I already missed several updates because
I was hanging out with friends. I’d still rather be bored with
friends than sitting behind my pc.
But what really irritates me about this is that it’s so hypocritical.
Be honest for a sec: how many of you actually read or exercise in
your spare time? I think maybe three, four people. The rest of the
population just sits in front of the TV zapping aimlessly. It’s
a known fact that nothing is ever on TV. If there is going to be
something, you already know it up front, and just pass away time
until it starts by watching fucking fishing programs on Discovery
Channel or watch crap music video’s which melt your brain with
their stupidity. Or maybe you’ll see re-runs of-re-runs of
re-runs of last year’s season of some cool series, which you’ve
already seen countless times. I always have something to do behind
my pc. I have a huge MSN list, so I have someone to talk to most
of the time. I’m downloading movies constantly so I always
have something FUN to watch. And if all else fails, I’ll just
play another round of MOHAA. You see, there’s a difference
between people who use the internet a lot and geek internet addicts.
To us, it’s a distraction, a tool, something fun to do. To
the geeks, it’s their live. I don’t know where the hell
this is going, or what point I’m trying to make, so I’ll
stop right now. If anyone knows what the hell I’m trying to
say, please share it with me on the Forums...
Anyways, I’ve got a nice update
for you, and in time as well! One new piece of Art
is up. By the way, from now on, the newest additions to the Art
section will be posted on the top of the list, for your viewing
pleasure. Also, a new Comic
is up, also on top instead of at the bottom like before. P-Boy has
a new review in stock, so check that out at the Misc
section. And of course, there’s the new Forum.
Visit it; you’ll love it. You’ll never want to leave again....muahahahahahaha!
Err...right...bye...or something....
OMEGA
10-04-2002
A new forum
is online! Go check it out people! Much thanx to Yvo for that! You're
a livesaver, Yvo!
09-04-2002
Damn this nice weather,
makes me miss my updates. But thankfully for you, it seems the streak
of good weather is over (remember things I hate about summer?).
It’s getting more and more chilly and clouds are moving in
front of the sun again. I even have to wear a jacket again. Too
bad, but hey, that’s Holland for ya.
I’ve been hooked on downloading
anime for a while now (hey, it’s almost impossible for me to
find any anime here, so it’s okay). It’s hard to find
anime that is good enough to follow for a whole season or series.
But once in a while, one comes across a series that grabs your attention
and won’t let go of you. Lately, my addiction has been Serial
Experiments Lain. I love this series, it’s really one of those
series that makes you think and leaves you guessing all the time.
Now if I just had a DVD player so I could go buy the series on DVD
dammit. Donations are welcome.
Penny Arcade have spoken their minds
on the weapons in MOH:AA several times, and although I can sympathise,
I do not agree with them. Their latest update has again touched
this issue, and again I cannot agree. This is not a comment on their
article though, I mean, that would be bullshit, commenting on an
article of some people who don’t even know about your existence.
No, I’m just going to tell ya’ll what I think about the
subject. For those not interested or unfamiliar with the God given
piece of joy called Medal Of Honor: Allied Assualt, this will not
be really interesting. Those people can just skip this paragraph.
Okay, now we’re rid of those idiots ( I hope they all skipped
this paragraph...) we can talk business. See, the article on PA
was about people bitching about the use of shotguns and rocket launchers.
I think people have the right to bitch because the weapons ARE unbalanced.
I do not have much against rocket launchers...alright, they do require
a five year old limbless inbred Kentucky redneck boy to miss, but
they have some cons that balance them out. Like, the slow reloading,
the slow movement pace when equipped with a launcher and the fact
that you only have six rockets. This keeps the rocket launchers
in check and from being too overpowered. When a lot of people start
packing em, it tends to get irritating, but nothing that can’t
be helped with some good marksmanship.
Shotguns on the other hand, just suck major ass.
First off, I’d like to direct a little comment to EA. See,
when they decided not to put any blood in the game, they used the
excuse that it wouldn’t be “realistic” because the
Germa...err...Axis wore a lot of clothing in the WWII so it would
be unrealistic if puddles of blood formed under their lifeless corpses.
Yeah, sure. We all know they did this so they could sell the game
to little kids, but let’s pretend like we don’t for a
sec so I can totally annihilate this statement. In MOH:AA, you can
use shotguns. Now, do we have any scholars or historians in the
room? No? Alright, people that pay attention during history class
then: have any of you EVER heard of the army...ANY ARMY ever making
use of shotguns? No? You didn’t? THAT’S BECAUSE THEY DON’T
USE SHOTGUNS IN THE ARMY YOU IDIOTS. Imagine this scenario: Soldier
with shotgun runs over the battlefield. All of the sudden, he sees
an enemy with an M16, who also sees him, about 25 meters away. Now,
this guy with the shotgun would be like: “Oh no! he spotted
me! Well, I guess I’ll just wait until he’s close enough
for my damn shotgun to hit him!” Yeah, right. Another thing,
the “Manon” skin...alright kids, can anyone tell me how
many women fought in the army during WWII? What’s that I hear?
NONE? There ya go with your realism bullshit. At least act like
you mean it next time, and do some research or something, fucking
morons.
I will not use this realism excuse against the use of shotguns in
the game though: this is a game, not real war. It does boggle my
mind though how they had the technology in 1944 (the game is set
during the invasion of Normandy, right?) to make NUCLEAR POWERED
SHOTGUNS. Seriously, those things are so overpowered, it’s
not even funny. There are people who would say that shotguns have
their shortcomings as well, namely that they are useless at great
distances. To them I say: shut up you shotgun whore. The only shortcoming
the shotgun has at greater distances is that you have to AIM. Even
then it can kill people with one shot. At close range, you can aim
next to your target and still kill him off in two shots. I know
because I’ve tried. Yes, I’ve used the shotgun, just once,
and I immediately had 17 kills in ten minutes. Anyone willing to
spend more than five minutes with a shotgun can rule the game. And
to those that say: “Well, if it pisses you off, then why don’t
you use em as well?” That’s because we aren’t such
FAGGOTS as you are. Phew, that was relieving...
So, I have a nice update for ya’ll
to make up for the Saturday thing. Two, yes TWO new Comics
are online, two new pieces of Art,
and one movie review
by P-Boy. Next time we’ll discuss the merits of internet
and the geeks that live on it. Class is dismissed. Oh, except for
you there in the back. You report on the Forums
right now mister!
OMEGA
04-04-2002
I guess you could call
this the sophomore slump then: after a big, fancy update, all I
have to offer today is one measly comic
and a great A Beautiful
Mind review by the one and only P-Boy. Go check that out, and
hit the forums.
Speaking of which, I noticed today that only a few of the 80 messages
posted are shown...which is kinda irritating me. So I’m thinking
about creating a new forum, although I don’t want one which
requires you to register. I doubt many people would do that just
to post one message. All suggestions are welcome, just post em on
the forum
I have now. A vicious circle, eh?
I could talk about how I messed
up my math test today due to my laziness, or how I got a grain of
sand or something stuck in my eye all the way from school to my
home (as if being punished for my “things I hate about summer”
piece). But I won’t, because that’s all not too interesting.
Actually I have nothing interesting to say right now. I’m not
really high on inspiration right now. You could even say that I’m
bored. I think it’s because I’ve been stressing about
(but not actually doing a damn thing on) that math test I screwed
up. Now, as I can finally relax, I might be a bit too relaxed. My
mind is completely empty. Except for some perverted thoughts, but
come on, that’s beyond my grasp.
Maybe it’s not even my fault.
Maybe it’s the fault of the world for not doing something to
piss me off today. Maybe it’s because people aren’t provocative
enough anymore. Maybe my life just sucks. Well, okay, that last
one is a fact, so it can’t really be an issue. That means it’s
because this world just sucks. That reminds me: how long has it
been since the US government claimed they had Bin Laden cornered?
That it would be just a matter of time before he would be caught?
Well, I don’t see him being caught, so that must mean he is
STILL cornered, right? I don’t know what shape Afghanistan
has, but that must be one mean corner right there.
Isn’t it weird that as soon as the media stops paying attention
to an issue, we stop caring? A couple of months ago, everyone was
talking about the state of the world, debating about what led to
the events on 9-11, what this all would mean to the world balance.
Now, as CNN (that biased and sensation based shit channel) moves
on to other pressing issues, like “Grandma of 78 marries rabid
raccoon”, we all seem to forget that for a moment, the delicate
world peace was in serious danger. Where’s that third world
war now? Where is that war against terrorism now?
Man, all of the sudden, I realise
just how much I’ve got to say about this issue. I feel a rant
coming up...but that’ll have to wait until Saturday. I guess
even boredom can be inspiration. A wise lesson for all of us...or
something like that. Until Saturday then, and I promise I’ll
try to make a bigger update than this one then. Is said TRY.
OMEGA
03-04-2002
(I had written this entire update
and all, was about to post it online when disaster struck. See,
I had written a Blood: The Last Vampire review for the misc
section with Word. It was quite long and elaborate. It didn't open
anymore. I couldn't open this file which I spent at least half an
hour on writing it. I HATE MICROSOFT AND BILL GATES IS A FUCKING
FAGGOT. Luckily, I could still open the file via notepad. Unfortunatley
it did screw the entire file up, like putting the middle of the
article at the beginning. But that wasn't all that bad. The bad
thing was, it left a space between every single letter in the entire
article. Spaces which I had to manually remove, one by one, letter
by letter. 1084 words long. It hurt. You'd better enjoy it dammit.)
There go all my good intentions:
missed three updates in a row. Well, two and a half, because this
should’ve been up yesterday. Before you get angry with me,
I’ve got very valid excuses for every update missed! Of course
I have, I am the master of excuses...err...I mean it was all out
of my hands.
Thursday, as I had said, I had to
go to the prom-like thingy. Prom-LIKE mind you, because it’s
no prom. You have to go there looking fancy (meaning wearing a tux
or a sexy dress...grrr), but we have one of these once every year
for all the majors at our school. Unfortunately, it was all a big
disappointment to me. See, I didn’t manage to get drunk, and
being sober the party sucks if you’re not chasing girls. Ninety
percent of the people on the party are there for the sole reason
of making out with someone. This is especially apparent in the last
hour and a half of the party, when the weirdest combinations are
formed, just because people don’t want to leave without kissing
someone. Another proof is that the people who had “scored”
all think the party fucking ruled, while all the people who just
wanted to party were like “Man, I could’ve gotten SOOOOO
drunk elsewhere with that money!”. I’m am one of those
latter people. Or maybe we’re all just bitter because we didn’t
“score”. Yeah sure. If I wanted to score I could’ve
taken the money (I spent about 50 Euros just boring myself dammit)
and gone to a whore. At least I have made some cool photos though.
Maybe I’ll post em here so you all can see just how Tony Montana
I look with a tux :).
Saturday, I missed the update because
it was damn good weather and I spent my entire afternoon outside
playing soccer with friends. Yeah, sorry, if I have to prioritise,
hanging out with friends comes first. And the weather was just too
good to stay inside all day. It doesn’t happen often here in
the Netherlands that we have nice weather. it’s basically rain
80%, damn cold 18% and relatively nice weather 2% of the year. I
love it when the sun shines and it’s warm enough not to wear
a jacket. I’m not going to push my luck and say “wear
T-Shirts” here.
So, good weather in the afternoon. But that would leave me the entire
evening, right? Wrong. A friend of mine was celebrating his birthday,
so I went there to part-eyh. Actually, i got more drunk and had
way more fun than on Thursday. It was a good weekend.
Yesterday I missed the update because
of that damn 50megs failing on me. The server was temporarily down,
so I couldn’t even visit my own site. I don’t know how
long this lasted because I went to a hip-hop open mic session. I
know a lot of people hate hip-hop these days, but that’s only
because they’re ignorant fucks that think that Eminem and Jay-Z
is all that hip-hop has to offer. If you’re going to bitch
on hip-hop, than say MAINSTREAM hip-hop, because you don’t
know shit about real hip-hop. Real hip-hop is not about G’s,
bling bling, ho’s or other bullshit like that. It’s about
love for the music, it’s about emotion. And that’s what
makes good music. But I’ll save all that for another rant.
So, there you have it, all valid
excuses. So I’m giving you an extra good update to enjoy right
now. Five pieces of Art,
three Comics and
a new article on the Misc
section! How bout that, eh? I’m already working on translations
for some of the comics and as soon as Flex gives me my manga back,
I’ll put some pages of that online as well. Until then you
can enjoy this big ass update. Well, big for ME. Thanks goes to
everyone visiting and writing in my Forum.
It’s getting quite cosy in there, so why don’t ya’ll
join in? I’m also thinking about making an OMEGA IRC channel
so everyone can go chatting there. The problem is, I don’t
know shit about IRC...I just downloaded mIRC yesterday and still
can’t operate it...hehe. Anyone willing to help me out can
contact me via the forum.
Things I hate about summer:
-Bugs everywhere
-Those bugs getting in your eyes, mouth or other places you don’t
want them
-Mosquito’s
-Sitting in a damp class room when it’s great weather outside
-It only lasts for a couple of days before the raining starts again
:(
OMEGA
26-03-2002
I was going to open up this update
differently, but two things led me to opening like this. First off,
somehow the file where I started writing the update got corrupted.
I can’t open it anymore. Luckily I hadn’t typed much yet.
Secondly, I just saw something on TV which really disturbed me.
Anyone who has seen a movie, or anime of a grim, not too distant
future where totalitarian states control your every move will understand
my concern. And of course, this news came from America, the centre
of stupidity in our galaxy.
See, the Americans have come up
with this great idea of PUTTING COMPUTER CHIPS IN PEOPLE. In everyone,
to be exact. Sure, the idea has some pro’s, but am I the only
one finding this idea scary? I mean, a chip under your skin for
gods sake! Yeah, they say they’ll put medical records and stuff
on it, but how can you be sure that’s all? What if they start
using it to track your criminal record? What if they build equipment
that can read the info on the chip in every public building and
store? What if they use it to keep track of every single thing you
do? What would this amount to? A world were the state knows everything
about you, anywhere, anytime. they could even use the things to
locate your position. Resistance would be futile, as you’d
have to cut the chip away if you wanted to do so, but if you did,
they would know immediately. Maybe it’s just that I have a
very vivid imagination. Maybe it’s that I saw too many post-apocalyptic
movies. But I don’t think these ideas are far fetched at all.
They’re just as far fetched as implanting people with chips.
I fear for the future.
So, hell- err, test week is finally
over. I survived, although there were quite some painful moments.
Let’s say tat by some strange twist of fate, you would end
up with a copy of a test you still had to make. Theoretically speaking
of course. Well, one would assume that in such a situation, you
would OWN that test. Logic would say that you’d score something
along a perfect score. Think again kids. Welcome to the twilight
zone, otherwise known as Economy class. See, Economy has a logic
all of it’s won. It goes something like this: “1+1 does
NOT always equal two, but sometimes three, or four. Or one. Anything
but two, actually” Don’t ask me, I don’t see the
logic in it either. Yeah, I fucked that test up. I guess you’re
either good at Economics, or you have a personal live.
On another note, broadband internet
is the best thing ever. I’ve always loved anime, but I rarely
had the resources (money, stores that sell anime) to get my fix.
Suffice to say, I’m almost out of hard disk space. But that’s
what I have a CD rewriter for. This re-found love for anime has
also sparked a forgotten hate in me. It always irritates me when
people say that cartoons are for kids. it irritates me even more
when they categorize anime as cartoons. To be honest, the most inspiring,
thought provoking, and generally entertaining movies I’ve seen
this year were anime. Just check out Jin-Roh if you need convincing.
It’s brilliant. It’s beautiful. It’s heart wrecking
and thought provoking. It’s sooo Mamuro Oshii (Ghost in the
Shell, Patlabor 2). Someone give this man an Oscar!
Well, that’s enough ranting
for this update. I was planning to write something for the misc
section, but this thing dragged on for a bit. But I still have updates
on the Art section,
and of course another Comic
is up as well. Also, I think this update has enough content to discuss,
so go do that on the Forum.
I’d like to hear your views on these issues.
Until next time!
OMEGA
23-03-2002
So, after a week of (supposedly)
learning and stressing my ass off....I’m still not done. One
more test to go on Monday...and a quite painful one at that.
Hell week aside, not much has happened
the last week. Alright, altogether nothing really happened last
week. I’m really bad at studying. I’m just way too lazy
to learn. How many of you have ever been in this situation: there
is some paper you have to turn in or a test you should study really
hard for, but you put everything off until the very last day? Most
of you I guess. Well, I’m WAAAYYY beyond that. I don’t
wait for the day before anymore, but the morning I have to turn
the stuff in/make the test. The weird thing is, I still manage to
get decent grades. A bad stimulus I guess, but as long as I keep
getting decent grades, I don’t really give a fuck.
I saw the Star Wars Episode II trailer,
and hated it. It just looked so typical Hollywood blockbuster: simple,
big on special effects, little on acting. I didn’t really like
Episode I, and thought that it was an embarrassment for the Star
Wars series. So, my expectations for Episode II were very low as
well, and the trailer seemed to acknowledge my fears. But then I
read an early review on aintitcoolnews and everything changed. I
love the trailer. It looks amazing. I can’t wait to see the
movie. You’ll get why I’m excited about it after reading
the review...if you are a Star Wars fan, that is.
So, back to the update. Got some
pieces of art up,
and put up three comics
to make up for the lack of updates last week. The Misc.
section hasn’t been updated in a while, so I’ll start
working on something for it soon. If anyone has anything cool to
submit, just mail
me, and I’ll put it up...if it’s not too crappy.
To everyone, there are not nearly
enough people using the forum.
Post something every time you visit the site, doesn’t matter
if it’s bullshit. Visit it every time you go online. If you’re
not online, then switch on your pc and go visit my forum dammit.
Resistance is futile.
OMEGA
16-03-2002
Allright, it's a bit late, but it's
still saturday! And I don't think anyone ever checks this site except
when I tell them to anyways...:P
A new comic
is up of course, and two new pieces of art.
Check that out and then hit the forum:
I want feedback dammit.
Last time I already told you about
my Medal Of Honor:Allied Assault addiction. Well, it has hit full
force now: I spend most of time sniping people in Team DeathMatch.
And I'm quite good at it as well. If you see someone called [WSA]
Dirty Harry Potter kicking major ass, don't be afraid to say hi.
it may put off your death for a couple of seconds :)
Altough the weapons in MoH:AA are
amazingly well balanced- except the rocket launcher, which is seriously
gay- the game does has it's faults. The most notable of which is
the utter crap optimisation. My pc is quite fast, but even with
all the settings at low on 800x600 my framerate clocks in at about
CRAP. I'd like to say thanks a fucking lot to EA for being such
lazy fucks.
Also, a word of advice to all those
wannabe snipers in the game that call themselves Vasili Zaitsev,
Sniper Zaitsev or whatever "original" alternative to that.
Wake up kids: every single geek who saw Enemy at the Gates uses
that name. And if you're going to act as if you actually know shit
about sniping, then don't base your knowledge of off a movie. Vasili
zaitsev did actually exsist, and he was a damn good sniper- actually,
most of the movie is based on a true story, except for the love
crap of course. But mr. Zaitsev was not the best sniper ever, not
nearly. He clocked in at 400 confirmed kills, while his comrad Nikolay
Yakovlevich, who was also operational during WWII, had 496 confirmed
kills. And that's not even all; Simo Hayha from Finland had, also
during WWII, over 500 confirmed kills. So if you're going to act
as if you know something about sniping, at least use Simo Hayha
as your nickname. If I see someone actually using it, I'll know
at least some people check my site :)
Another inaccuracy about sniping
which really irritates me is made in Global Ops. I've kinda played
the demo, I liked it, but the sniping thing did bother me. See,
you can buy better weapons each round. But the sniper rifles are
all messed up. I mean, the Heckler&Koch PSG1 is one of the cheapest
and weakest snipers in the game! You idiots! Get your facts straight!
Not only is the PSG1 one of, if not the most expensive sniper rifle
right now, costing $10 000, it's also dubbed as the best sniper
rifle ever by snipers. And they ranked it under the DRAGUNOV???
That weapon is a piece of crap which stems back from WWII! You can
buy a Dragunov for like $500! Stupid idiots.
Anyways, enough ranting by me, just
check out the new stuff, hit the forum, and check back in at Tuesday.
Until then!
OMEGA
14-03-02
Before you start, I have a very
good reason for not updating the site last Tuesday. Actually, it’s
an accumulation of several factors that have led to me not being
able to update my site.
First off, I FINALLY have the full
version of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. I have been hooked to
the multiplayer demo of the game ever since it was released- I played
one level (the Hunt) for nearly two months. Now I have the full
version, and the addiction is coming back in full effect. Why do
you think the abbreviation of allied Assault is AA? it’s a
conspiracy I tells ya.
But, back to my story. So, Tuesday afternoon was consumed by this
monster. Then I went to work, from 5 to 7. Yup, I’m a working
man.
Coming back from work, the second
factor reared it’s extremely ugly head: I had a French test
on Wednesday. Now, this was a pretty heavy test, and I kinda really
suck at French, so I had my entire evening reserved for learning.
It was such a good resolution....too bad factor three came up on
the last moment.
See, I was being a good student,
learning my French and all, when my sister called me. Indiana Jones
was on TV. Indiana Jones. And the Temple Of Doom. You have to prioritise.
Indiana Jones outweighed French at that moment. Okay, I had already
seen all Indy movies about five times, but the last time I had seen
one was like...years ago!
On a side note, I actually know someone who doesn’t like Indiana
Jones. I’m not kidding. Not liking Indiana Jones is blasphemy!
These movies are above criticism. They’re better than you or
me. Sure, if you see them now for the first time, they may seem
choke full of cliché’s. but that’s just the thing:
these movies invented these cliché’s! They are the epitome
of adventure. If you looked in the dictionary for the word “adventure”,
it should say “watch Indiana Jones, you idiot.” Not liking
Indiana Jones...tsk tsk. Yeah, I’m a fan of those movies, but
so is my father, and my mother, and my sisters, and my friends,
and almost all people I know, no matter how remotely. I guess this
girl just hit her head very hard when she was young and damaged
the “Classic Movie Appreciation” of her brain. I’m
sure there is such a thing.
If you read this, Barbara, don’t worry, i still like you. Just
less then I used to. A lot less.
So, these three factors combined
led to me not being able to update. But I’ll make that up with
this update: two comics
are up, as well as new artwork.
I’m very proud of myself that I was able to stay away from
MoH:AA long enough to make this update. I hope you’re thankful,
because you should be, dammit. Actually, go to the forum
and be thankful right now!
Until Saturday,
OMEGA
09-03-02
Nope, couldn't keep it up, the big
update thing. Not my fault though: I just didn't have much time
today, and no new scans to post. Can't blame Mr. Shake Hands Man,
he has more stuff to do than scan my art all day long. So, when
I have more stuff, I'll make a proper update again. The new comic
is up ofcourse: you can depend on that. Until tuesday, when I hope
I'll have more stuff to put up.
OMEGA
07-03-2002
Back again as promised! It's thursday
now, and a new comic
is up! Not only that, I have this handy dandy drop down menu for
the comics now, making browsing a bit more..well...handy. Again,
thanx to Yvo for that.
But that's not all!!! I've added
a FAQ to the misc
section, so go check that out. And there's still more! More artwork
is added to the art
section, so go check that out as well. Yup, this is a REAL update,
not that pancy "Oh, I've added ONE little comic" crap
that you were used to of me. And I'm even going to do my best to
keep this up. That means, more good stuff saturday!
That's all for now (as if it isn't
enough), but keep checking back for more. And don't forget to write
in my forum
or sign my guestbook!
OMEGA
04-03-2002
Another comic
is up, check it out! You have to see this...it's the dawn of a new
era...today, my friends, an underground Legend is born...prepare
for the one and only....Mr.
Ruggegraat!!!
And remember to check this page
every SATURDAY, TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. Those are the days that you'll
find new comics online. Have fun kids.
OMEGA
3-03-2002
Finally, the comic
section is up! Bad news though: it's Dutch only. But if there are
enough people who want me to, I'll put up translated versions. Just
ask me on the forum!
If you don't know what to expect
from the comic section,
well, expect sillyness. And genious. Yup, I'm that good :P Anyways,
just check it out, laugh your ass of, or don't and look stupid at
the screen going "uhh...I don't get it". Either way, I'll
be putting new ones online three times a week, so keep checking
back here! Until the next update.
OMEGA
17-02-2002
Yet
another design......is this starting to annoy you people already?
Well, I was happy with the previous design, but the grey background
seemed kinda boring to me, so now, everything is diffrent. The site
looks even better now, methinks. Very stylish and all. But I want
to know what you people think, so head on over to the FORUM
right now and start posting!
I'll
put some new stuff on soon, like more whacky stuff for the misc
section. I'll also try to stick with this design for more than three
days :). Wish me luck kids!
OMEGA
15-02-2002
A big thanks goes out to Yvo for
the new slick design! This page FINALLY looks like something! And
not something that came out of your cats ass either...
I had promised a proper update,
and with the coming of a new design, I think it's time for one.
As you might already have noticed, the art
section is up for a couple of days now. There isn't too much on
there, but it's still better than nothing. The problem is, however,
that the friend of mine who scans my pics (I don't have a scanner
myself :( ) is off to vacation this week. So, the art updates will
have to wait a while...
Also, the misc
section is now up, containing two articles. If you didn't know what
to expect from that section, you can check that out now.
The comics section will have to
wait as well, for the same reason the art section has to wait. The
comics that will be posted will be short, and meant to be funny.
Meant to be. I'm also planning to post some pages of my longer manga,
but that's still up in the air.
Until the next update, enjoy the
page, and don't forget to sign my guestbook
or forum!
OMEGA
13-02-2002
Rejoice!
Another section is up: Misc. So go check
that out. Sorry, don't feel like typing a lot right now. I'll post
a proper news update soon.
12-02-2002
Got
the art section up, so check that out!
11-02-2002
Another
update, another design. By now, you people must've figured out that
I don't like the way my site looks one bit. But to make it look
good, I'd have to be able to work with Fireworks or Flash, which
I can't. Luckily, a friend of mine can, and we're going to manage
the site together from now on. Well, from now....in about a week
we'll start working on it.
Until
then, I'll tell ya'll what this site is about. It's basically nothing
more than a showcase for my amazing drawing skills...hehe. Kinda...What
it comes down to, is that I'm going to post my art (if you can call
it that) here, as well as a weekly comic (if I can keep that up)
and some other stuff, like movie reviews.So why should you visit?
Because I rule dammit! And I'm funny! The perfect combination! Allright,
I'm not funny, but it is funny to see me goof off trying to make
a decent looking site. Will I ever succeed? Who knows...to find
out, you'll just have to keep visiting my site. It's all part of
my evil plan! Mwuahahahahaha! Errmm, right. Check out my forum in
the meantime and start posting!
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